ORDER OF WORSHIP:
We Worship God Who Feeds Us Through His Word
Welcome
Song of Praise “Brethren We Have Met To Worship”
Call to Worship Psalm 33:4-8
Song of Praise “Immortal Invisible God Only Wise”
Confession of Faith WCF I-IV
Song of Praise “What A Beautiful Name”
Prayer of Adoration
Greet One Another
Reception of New Members Ken, Leslie & Timothy Kuebler
Ministry Spotlight
Prayer of Intercession
Giving of God’s Tithe and Our Offerings
Song of Preparation “Living Hope”
Scripture Reading James 1:18-25
Dismiss Children
Sermon “We Are The Church: A People Called, A People Sent:Input, Output” Craig Swartz
Prayer of Commitment
Song of Response “Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus”
Benediction
SERMON NOTES:
Bill Gaither trio:
“Input output what goes in is what comes out, input output that is what it’s all about.”
- HOW TO THE WORD
a. We receive the word in
James 1:18
Ephesians 1:13
Colossians 1:5b-6a
James 1:17-18a
Alec Motyer:
“The Father uses the gospel, the word of truth in two ways: First, he speaks it inwardly to our dead, guilty, imperfect life bringing us to new birth. Second, he presents the same word of truth to us as a preached gospel to which the new life within us makes a personal and believing response.”
b. We receive the word in
James 1:19
Dwight L. Moody:
“Let God have your life; He can do more with it than you can.”
C. S. Lewis:
“Christ wants a child’s heart, but a grown-up’s head.
He wants us to be simple, single-minded, affectionate, and teachable, as good children are; but He also wants every bit of intelligence we have to be alert at its job, and in first-class fighting trim.”
c. We receive the word in
James 1:21
2. HOW TO TO THE WORD
James 1:22-25
a. We are to respond
R. V. G. Tasker:
“If the man does see glimpses on his countenance of the ravages being wrought by sin, sickness, anxiety or the inevitable passage of time, his instinct is to banish such a vision from his memory and to turn at once to other things.”
James 1:25
1 Peter 1:12
b. We are to respond
Luke 11:28
Romans 8:1
2 Corinthians 5:21
William Cowper:
“To see the law of Christ fulfilled, to hear his pardoning voice, changes a slave into a child and duty to choice.”